Kurt Farquhar (Black Lightning, The King of Queens, Moesha, Sister, Sister, Being Mary Jane) has composed the original score for the new Lifetime original film Wendy Williams: The Movie. The biographical drama is directed by Darren Grant (Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Make It Happen) and stars Ciera Payton in the title role, alongside Morocco Omari as Wendy’s ex-husband Kevin Hunter. The movie chronicles Williams’ journey, from her scrappy upstart days in urban radio to the success of her own syndicated talk show. Read the rest of this entry »
Kurt Farquhar Scoring Lifetime’s ‘Wendy Williams: The Movie’
Posted: January 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Darren Grant, Kurt Farquhar, Lifetime, Wendy Williams: The Movie
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Bobby Krlic (The Haxan Cloak) Tapped as Composer of ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 2
Posted: January 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bobby Krlic, Snowpiercer, The Haxan Cloak, TNT
Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) (Midsommar, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, Seven Seconds, Triple 9) has been tapped to score the second season of the TNT original series Snowpiercer. The new season stars Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs, Sean Bean, Rowan Blanchard, Alison Wright, Mickey Sumner, Iddo Goldberg, Katie McGuinness, Lena Hall, Annalise Basso, Sam Otto, Roberto Urbina, Sheila Vand and Steven Ogg. Graeme Manson (Orphan Black) serves as the project’s showrunner and is executive producing the Tomorrow Studios production with Marty Adelstein & Becky Clements (Hanna), Matthew O’Connor (Continuum), Ben Rosenblatt, Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange, Sinister), and the original 2013 film’s producers, including Bong Joon Ho (Parasite), Miky Lee, Tae-sung Jeong, Park Chan-wook, Lee Tae-hun and Dooho Choi. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for USA’s ‘Briarpatch’ Released
Posted: January 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Briarpatch, Giancarlo Vulcano, score, Soundtrack, USA
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the USA original series Briarpatch. The album features selections of the original score from the show composed by Giancarlo Vulcano (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Modern Persuasion, Great News, Gayby). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music store to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Briarpatch is created by Andy Greenwald based on the novel of the same title by Ross Thomas and stars Rosario Dawson, Edi Gathegi, Jay F. Ferguson, Kim Dickens and Brian Geraghty. The drama follows a Washington political fixer as she returns to her hometown to unravel the mystery surrounding her sister’s death and comes face-to-face with old acquaintances carrying new agendas. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Abels Scoring HBO’s ‘Fake Famous’
Posted: January 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fake Famous, HBO, HBO Max, Michael Abels, Nick Bilton
Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Bad Education, See You Yesterday, All Day and a Night) has recently scored the new HBO documentary Fake Famous. The film is directed by Nick Bilton and explores the meaning of fame and influence in the digital age through an innovative social experiment. The movie follows three LA-based people with relatively small followings and the attempts made to turn them into famous influencers by purchasing fake followers and bots to “engage” with their social media accounts. Bilton (The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley) is also producing the Consolidated Documentaries production with Annabelle Dunne & Mary Recine (Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Woman in White’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Jon Epstad, PBS, score, Soundtrack, The Woman in White
Manners McDade has released a soundtrack album for the BBC mini-series The Woman in White. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Jon Opstad (Black Mirror, We Hunt Together, Silent Witness, Safe House). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other digital music stores), where you can also check out audio samples. The Woman in White is written by Fiona Seres based on Wilkie Collins’ novel and stars Ben Hardy, Jessie Buckley, Olivia Vinall, Dougray Scott, Riccardo Scamarcio and Charles Dance. The 5-part drama directed by Carl Tibbetts centers on the lives of two half-sisters and their drawing master as they get caught up in a deadly conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed all in white. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 24, 2021)
Posted: January 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Finding Ohana, Jongnic Bontemps, Joseph Trapanese, Marcelo Zarvos, Netflix, Noah Sorata, Palmer, Penguin Bloom, Resident Alien, Syfy, Tamar-Kali, We Are: The Brooklyn Saints
Premiering on Wednesday, January 28, is the Australian drama Penguin Bloom directed by Glendyn Ivin and starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Griffin Murray-Johnston, Rachel House, Leeanna Walsman, Lisa Hensley, Felix Cameron and Abe Clifford-Barr. The film’s original music is composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, The Affair, Enough Said, The Good Shepherd, Ray Donovan, The Door in the Floor). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will debut in the U.S. and most other markets exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Syfy original series Resident Alien developed by Chris Sheridan based on the Dark Horse comics and staring Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Alice Wetterlund, Corey Reynolds and Levi Fiehler. Noah Sorata (Falling Skies, The Gracefield Incident, Jinn, Reverie) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement and visit the official show website for more information about the Amblin Television production, which will air every Wednesday night on Syfy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Welcome to Acapulco’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Guillermo Ivan, Javier Bayon, Luc Suarez, score, Soundtrack, Welcome to Acapulco
John Palmer Records has released a soundtrack album for the action comedy Welcome to Acapulco. The album features the film’s original music composed by Javier Bayon (Te quiero, imbécil, Dorien) and Luc Suarez (Nightworld, The Nun). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Welcome to Acapulco is directed by Guillermo Ivan and stars William Baldwin, Michael Madsen, Bradley Gregg, Michael Kingsbaker, Ana Serradilla, Paul Sorvino, Jeannine Kaspar and Michael Papajohn. The movie follows a video game designer who finds himself on the run from high-powered criminals, deadly hitmen and the Feds, all looking for a mysterious package. Read the rest of this entry »
Alec Puro Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Crew’
Posted: January 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alec Puro, Netflix, The Crew
Alec Puro (The Art of Getting By, Higher Ground, The First Time, The Fosters, The Scribbler) is the composer of the new Netflix original series The Crew. The show is created by Jeff Lowell (The Ranch) and stars Kevin James, Freddie Stroma, Sarah Stiles, Gary Anthony Williams and Dan Ahdoot. The comedy revolves around a NASCAR crew chief who has to protect himself and his his tight-knit racing team when a new boss steps in and shakes things up. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Love Sarah’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eliza Schroeder, Enis Rotthoff, Love Sarah, score, Soundtrack
Scoring Records has released a soundtrack album for the British romantic comedy Love Sarah. The album features the film’s original music composed by Enis Rotthoff (Guns Akimbo, The Sunlit Night, Wetlands) who recorded his score with the Budapest Art Orchestra. Also included is the original song For the Love of You written and performed by British R&B/jazz singer Tony Momrelle & his writing partner/pianist Emiliano Pari (featuring a string arrangement by Rotthoff). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Love Sarah is directed by Eliza Schroeder and stars Celia Imrie, Shannon Tarbet, Shelley Conn, Rupert Penry-Jones and Bill Paterson. The movie follows a young woman who wishes to fulfill her mother’s dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London and enlists the help of an old friend and her grandma. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 22, 2021)
Posted: January 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Austin Wintory, Blitz/Berlin, Born a Champion, Brooke Blair, Brothers by Blood, Flinch, Miami Nights 1984, No Man's Land, Our Friend, PG: Psycho Goreman, Rob Simonsen, Séverin Favriau, Will Blair
Opening semi-wide in around 500 theaters and on PVOD today is the drama Our Friend directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and starring Jason Segel, Dakota Johnson, Casey Affleck, Gwendoline Christie, Cherry Jones, Jake Owen, Isabella Kai and Violet McGraw. The film’s original music is composed by Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Love, Simon, Nerve, (500) Days of Summer, Foxcatcher, The Way Back). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Gravitas Ventures release.
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the western No Man’s Land directed by Conor Allyn and starring Frank Grillo, Andie MacDowell, George Lopez, Esmeralda Pimentel and Jorge A. Jimenez. Brooke Blair & Will Blair (Green Room, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Hold the Dark, The Informer, Black Christmas) have composed the film’s original music. Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the IFC Films release. Read the rest of this entry »
